Katie S. Sanders

Journalist & WWII pilot’s granddaughter. Ortiz’s War—Col. Nick Reynolds’ and my book about OSS Marine Peter Ortiz—is out 8/25. Get my free newsletter ⬇️

[Katie S. Sanders @KatieSSanders]

The OSS Marine the Nazis Feared Most 🇺🇸 #wwiihistory #marines https://t.co/rRjd6ZqNXM

[SOE History @SOEhistory]

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June 11, 1944: German troops attack Les Souches château, SOE agent Pearl Witherington's HQ near Dun-le-Poëlier. Under fire, she hides her network's cash reserves and conceals herself in a field until dusk.
#PearlWitherington #WrestlerNetwork #SOE #WW2 1/3

[Patrick K. O'Donnell @combathistorian]

OSS Jedburgh Jack Singlaub, who parachuted into France with Team James to arm, train, and coordinate the resistance. I spent years interviewing Jack and hundreds of men and women of the OSS (those in the field) about their wars from WW2 through Korea, Vietnam, and beyond. 🇺🇸

[Katie S. Sanders @KatieSSanders]

3yo: Mommy, why are all these books the same?

Me: Mommy and Mommy’s friend Nick wrote this book. It’s a true story about a very brave American Mari—

3yo: You got any more boxes, Mommy?

#OrtizsWar galleys are in.

My kids are giving rave reviews—of the cardboard boxes.

[alex kershaw @kershaw_alex]

The free world erupts in joy at the news that the Allies have landed in Normandy. In Amsterdam, Anne Frank notes in her diary that the best thing about the invasion is the feeling that "friends are on their way." Millions of Europeans dare to hope for freedom, at long last.

[Kevin Maurer @ScribblerSix]

My latest for @TheAtlantic - Joe Picard, a WWII vet, crossed Utah Beach on his way to Berlin. Less than 0.5 percent of Americans who served in World War II are still alive. The immediacy of personal experience is vanishing.

[alex kershaw @kershaw_alex]

All set. Primed to invade. There are 4,000 ships, 11,000 planes, and nearly three million soldiers, marines, airmen, and sailors now assembled in England for the assault on Fortress Europe.

[alex kershaw @kershaw_alex]

The Allies are about to risk it all "on one roll of the dice," according to Eisenhower. Between 170 and 230 million people are under Nazi control.

[Katie S. Sanders @KatieSSanders]

"We cannot be complicit in 2026. Otherwise, look what we might recreate.”
- @tomhanks when I asked him what he hopes high schoolers will glean from the new @HISTORY docuseries #WorldWarIIwithTomHanks

[TIME @TIME]

Nearly three decades after Saving Private Ryan reshaped Hollywood’s approach to modern war films—and audiences’ understanding of D-Day—Tom Hanks keeps coming back to the conflict that defined his father’s generation. https://t.co/wH4dfxJl55

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives for this country that we love. It is a debt we can never fully repay, but we must never stop trying. I’ll always be grateful to our fallen heroes and their families, whose sacrifice reminds us of what it means to live for something greater than ourselves.

[Katie S. Sanders @KatieSSanders]

Few storytellers have illuminated Greatest Generation history with the scale and impact of @tomhanks.
For @TIME, I interviewed him about America at 250, the legacy of Saving Private Ryan, and his new @HISTORY docuseries #WorldWarIIwithTomHanks.

[TIME @TIME]

Nearly three decades after Saving Private Ryan reshaped Hollywood’s approach to modern war films—and audiences’ understanding of D-Day—Tom Hanks keeps coming back to the conflict that defined his father’s generation. https://t.co/wH4dfxJl55

[alex kershaw @kershaw_alex]

My latest on what happened today - the bloodiest for any US division in WW2.

[Katie S. Sanders @KatieSSanders]

Book Trailer of the Day: Ortiz's War https://t.co/PjR43FSGNU

[Katie S. Sanders @KatieSSanders]

@DKThomp What about hot hero books you can buy for your dad? … like this one about the OSS Marine who rescued my grandpa (a downed Jewish American pilot) and many others (including an entire French village!) from Nazis in 1944? 😬

https://t.co/ptm8zA7YFE

[Katie S. Sanders @KatieSSanders]

@JeanPierre62607 @DrHelenFry Indeed! Union II’s leader, #OSS Marine Col. Peter Ortiz, is the subject of my and Nick Reynolds’s new book, #OrtizsWar

https://t.co/ptm8zA7YFE

[Katie S. Sanders @KatieSSanders]

@JeanPierre62607 @DrHelenFry Followed by Buick on August 1, also with some incredible photos of supplies raining down

[Peter MacArthur @AmbMacArthur]

@DrHelenFry Such courage & heroism displayed by young agents, male and female, disrupting Nazi response to Allied invasion so well documented in page turner of a book ‘The War We Won Apart’ by @NahlahAyed, a factual account of two secret agents who were married, Sonia Butt & Guy d'Artois

[Kevin Maurer @ScribblerSix]

March 2027

[SOE_Expeditions @SOE_Expeditions]

The Vallée Blanche Campaign begins. Step into Chamonix as we prepare for the ‘Highest Siege’. Preparation is vital before ascending into the treacherous alpine heights. We follow in the footsteps of heroes. Gone but not forgotten RiP Warriors.

https://t.co/g9IB0nnbAw

[National Air and Space Museum @airandspace]

On #TDIH in 1945, the Allies celebrated World War II VE Day after the surrender of Nazi Germany. Explore the role aviation played in victory: https://t.co/0EPqnF9UH4 #VEDay